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The Diamond Plaza phenomenon: the best of us, the worst of us

Sunday, July 1st, 2007
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There it is, tucked away in Nairobi’s Highridge area: the strangest of shopping malls. Like some bizarre human-sized rabbit warren, full of confusing corners, surprising staircases and odd little businesses in basements, on roofs, in the car park. You almost expect Alice to pop up somewhere in this ...click here to read the full article.
Are Kenya’s Wahindi the best at business?

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
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There is a fable that is widely heard in Kenya. This fable has two versions, depending on who’s telling it. If it’s a Kenyan South Asian doing the recounting, then it goes like this: Kenya’s Wahindi are born business-people. Excelling at business is in their genes. ...click here to read the full article.
Salaam, Namaste, Goodbye and Good Riddance

Saturday, July 1st, 2006
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In which language do you think? When I was ten years old, it became clear to me that I generally think in English. Many years later, the repercussions of this seemingly innocuous discovery became apparent. Since then I have tussled with the idea of ‘my’ language, and ...click here to read the full article.
FUSION or CONFUSION?

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
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Fusion music has taken over. Whether it’s in Hindi films, the pop charts, or even semi-classical experimental music, it’s only in if it’s of mixed parentage. The most popular filmi tracks of today sound like rock anthems. The sassy, globalised new generation wants music that’s hip and ...click here to read the full article.
Big Bad ‘B’: The BOLLYWOODIFICATION of our Lives

Saturday, October 1st, 2005
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Bollywood: the world’s most energetic film industry. Every year, it churns out more than a thousand movies, sells more than 3 billion tickets and generates well over 1 billion dollars in revenue. Bollywood: home of some of the greatest movies made anywhere in the world. Surendra Kumar, India’s ...click here to read the full article.
A legacy unravels?

Friday, July 1st, 2005
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It took a long time to build what South Asians have in Kenya today. Dana April Seidelberg called us ‘mercantile adventurers’: for more than 2,000 years we have been arriving on African shores as traders, investors and artisans, part of the age-old Indian Ocean trading triangle with its corners ...click here to read the full article.
Kenya ‘Damu’?

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005
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Awaaz has done a great deal to set the record straight about South Asians in Kenya. For too long, we were the ‘in-betweens’, the ‘unmentionables’ who were expected to know their ‘place’ (the duka). Eloquently, methodically, Awaaz has been filling in the missing gaps in Kenya’s modern history. ...click here to read the full article.